Rancho Mission Viejo vs Rossmoor

A side-by-side comparison of Rancho Mission Viejo and Rossmoor: population, income, housing, and more.

Rancho Mission Viejo and Rossmoor are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rossmoor has the higher population (11,895 vs 11,355 in Rancho Mission Viejo). Rossmoor has the higher median household income ($200,833 vs $181,111 in Rancho Mission Viejo). Rossmoor has the higher median home value ($1,234,700 vs $1,039,300 in Rancho Mission Viejo).

Population, income & housing

	Rancho Mission Viejo	Rossmoor
Population	11,355	11,895
Median age	38.5 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$181,111	$200,833
Median home value	$1,039,300	$1,234,700
Median gross rent	$3,342	$3,501
Housing units	4,651	4,072
Homeownership rate	75.3%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.5%	60.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rancho Mission Viejo	Rossmoor
Population	7,816 → 11,355 (+45.3%)	11,128 → 11,895 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$151,094 → $181,111 (+19.9%)	$127,891 → $200,833 (+57.0%)
Median home value	$786,500 → $1,039,300 (+32.1%)	$948,700 → $1,234,700 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,383 → $3,342 (+40.2%)	$2,678 → $3,501 (+30.7%)

Rancho Mission Viejo

Population

7,81611,355

Median household income

$151,094$181,111

Median home value

$786,500$1,039,300

Median gross rent

$2,383$3,342

Rossmoor

Population

11,12811,895

Median household income

$127,891$200,833

Median home value

$948,700$1,234,700

Median gross rent

$2,678$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rancho Mission Viejo	Rossmoor
Under 5	10.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	22.5%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.1%	4.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	16.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.0%
75 and over	7.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rancho Mission Viejo	Rossmoor
White (non-Hispanic)	73.7%	61.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.9%	12.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rancho Mission Viejo	Rossmoor
No high school diploma	1.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	9.2%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	38.0%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	26.4%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rancho Mission Viejo	Rossmoor
Drove alone	56.6%	71.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	2.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.8%	23.8%
Other means	0.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rancho Mission Viejo	Rossmoor
1-unit, detached	55.8%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	20.6%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.9%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rancho Mission Viejo	Rossmoor
Poverty rate	2.7%	3.8%
Average household size	2.61	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	2015	1959